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DayOfWeekName Fuction

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Returns the name of the day of the week. The name of the day returned is determined by the day-of-week number assigned to each day of the week.

These are the built in Constants References to compare against:

' Day of the Week Number for each day of the a week

SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Syntax:
value = DayOfWeekName( expression )

Parameter:	Description:
expression	Any numeric expression that resolves to an integer value between 0 and 6.

Returns:
Name of the day of the week for the given day of week number

Example:
' Generate a table of each property and function ' 19-bar test period set in Suite Parameters Tab Print Block.name, _ block.scriptName, _ test.currentDay, _ DayOfWeek(test.currentDate), _ DayOfWeekName(DayOfWeek(test.currentDate))
Results:
Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 1 1 Monday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 2 2 Tuesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 3 3 Wednesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 4 4 Thursday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 5 5 Friday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 6 1 Monday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 7 2 Tuesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 8 3 Wednesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 9 4 Thursday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 10 5 Friday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 11 1 Monday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 12 2 Tuesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 13 3 Wednesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 14 4 Thursday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 15 5 Friday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 16 1 Monday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 17 2 Tuesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 18 3 Wednesday Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 19 4 Thursday

Example:

' Generate a table of each property and function

' 19-bar test period set in Suite Parameters Tab
Print Block.name, _
block.scriptName, _
test.currentDay, _
DayOfWeek(test.currentDate), _
DayOfWeekName(DayOfWeek(test.currentDate))

Results:

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 1 1 Monday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 2 2 Tuesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 3 3 Wednesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 4 4 Thursday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 5 5 Friday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 6 1 Monday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 7 2 Tuesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 8 3 Wednesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 9 4 Thursday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 10 5 Friday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 11 1 Monday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 12 2 Tuesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 13 3 Wednesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 14 4 Thursday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 15 5 Friday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 16 1 Monday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 17 2 Tuesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 18 3 Wednesday

Any_Idea_Test_04 Before Trading Day 19 4 Thursday

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Constants References
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Edit Time: 9/18/2020 11:59:41 AM

Topic ID#: 262

DayOfWeekName Fuction

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